Borderlands 4's New Loot System Offers More Variety Than Ever Before

Borderlands 4 will feature an overhauled loot system, bringing in new weapon manufacturers, increasing the weapon variety through a parts system, and readjusting loot's drops rates.Shown in a PlayStation State of Play, Borderlands 4 is making some big changes to the way guns work and the rates that loot drops at, in an effort to bring "the magic back" to the Borderlands loot grind. Borderlands 4 will feature eight weapon manufacturers, three of which--Order, Ripper, and Daedalus--are brand new. Each weapons manufacturer offers specialized weapons, usually excelling at some specific, like Jakobs weapons providing additional critical-hit damage. Borderlands 4 Loot Manufacturers:Jakobs - Critical hit friendlyMaliwan - Elemental focusedVladof - Less accuracy, more bulletsTediore - Toss to reloadTorgue - ExplosiveOrder - charge shotsRipper - Fully automaticDaedalus - Easy to use, multiple ammo typesAs detailed on the PlayStation Blog, Unlike the previous Borderlands games, the weapon manufacturers are going to overlap in Borderlands 4 as part of the Licensed Parts system. This system causes weapons to feature parts from different manufacturers, giving you multiple specialties on a single weapon. The example shown was a Vladof gun with a high ammo capacity using Torgue explosive bullets. It sounds like weapons will drop this way, as there was no mention of crafting or changing out parts on guns.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Apr 30, 2025 - 23:49

Borderlands 4's New Loot System Offers More Variety Than Ever Before

Borderlands 4 will feature an overhauled loot system, bringing in new weapon manufacturers, increasing the weapon variety through a parts system, and readjusting loot's drops rates.

Shown in a PlayStation State of Play, Borderlands 4 is making some big changes to the way guns work and the rates that loot drops at, in an effort to bring "the magic back" to the Borderlands loot grind. Borderlands 4 will feature eight weapon manufacturers, three of which--Order, Ripper, and Daedalus--are brand new. Each weapons manufacturer offers specialized weapons, usually excelling at some specific, like Jakobs weapons providing additional critical-hit damage.

Borderlands 4 Loot Manufacturers:

Jakobs - Critical hit friendly
Maliwan - Elemental focused
Vladof - Less accuracy, more bullets
Tediore - Toss to reload
Torgue - Explosive
Order - charge shots
Ripper - Fully automatic
Daedalus - Easy to use, multiple ammo types

As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, Unlike the previous Borderlands games, the weapon manufacturers are going to overlap in Borderlands 4 as part of the Licensed Parts system. This system causes weapons to feature parts from different manufacturers, giving you multiple specialties on a single weapon. The example shown was a Vladof gun with a high ammo capacity using Torgue explosive bullets. It sounds like weapons will drop this way, as there was no mention of crafting or changing out parts on guns.Continue Reading at GameSpot